Comments on Landless: 12 Things Successful Assassins Do Differently

Yeah, a lot of those principles apply to writers.....

2012-01-27T05:46:39.430-05:00

Yeah, a lot of those principles apply to writers...

That's something I hadn't considered... an...

2012-01-25T13:45:16.198-05:00

That's something I hadn't considered... an advice book, filled with the wisdom culled from this blog. Hmmm.....

As you might have guessed, I wrote this immediatel...

2012-01-25T13:44:36.289-05:00

As you might have guessed, I wrote this immediately after reading a blog post on "The 12 Things Successful People Do Differently". Excellent inspiration.

Yep. I've heard that ghostwriters have to have...

2012-01-25T13:43:42.373-05:00

Yep. I've heard that ghostwriters have to have the same kind of detachment.

I'm glad you had fun with it, Eric! You can tr...

2012-01-25T13:42:59.004-05:00

I'm glad you had fun with it, Eric! You can treat it as a metaphor, or as practical advice. Your call.

Nice. Very nice. I hope you consider including thi...

2012-01-25T12:43:47.412-05:00

Nice. Very nice. I hope you consider including this in your next fiction-publishing endeavor -- it'll fit right in.

BTW, you might want to stay away from your windows for the next few weeks. Or years.

Nice roast on the overimportant and reductive how-...

2012-01-25T02:58:29.211-05:00

Nice roast on the overimportant and reductive how-to list post, Tony. Takes it to a suitably silly extreme.

Very clever! I'd add a #13 to the list: Th...

2012-01-24T10:07:14.957-05:00
Very clever!

I'd add a #13 to the list: They Avoid Value Judgments. Many targets are innocent people who saw something they shouldn't have, or simply stand in the way of naked ambition. Others… death is too easy for them; they deserve to spend a long life of pain in a wheelchair. But a successful assassin knows that making judgments about their targets only causes problems. They agreed to take the job, so they get the job done and move on.

[This article was timely and useful, since an assassin figures in a story I'm noodling with at the moment.]

Thanks, Tony! I've been fretting lately about ...

2012-01-24T09:28:42.762-05:00
Thanks, Tony! I've been fretting lately about my low kill count. Now I can be a success like those multimillionaire playboy assassins that we know exist by the bucket load because the movies tell us so. I certainly hope this will take me to Jane's level so I'm not stuck in the Bob phase for long.

Wait...this is a metaphor for writing, not taking people out? Wha...?

(Was fun, Tony. Thanks for posting it!)